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My boyfriend cannot stop vomiting. I know you are not a doctor, but I am desperate. Please advise if you have ever had this happen, I'm very worried.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Unicorn on the cob
at 6:57 PM on August 3, 2008
(87 comments)
Frederick...made linguistic experiments on the vile bodies of hapless infants, "bidding foster-mothers and nurses to suckle and bathe and wash the children, but in no wise to prattle or speak with them; for he would have learnt whether they would speak the Hebrew language (which had been the first), or Greek, or Latin, or Arabic, or perchance the tongue of their parents of whom they had been born. But he laboured in vain, for the children could not live without clappings of the hands, and gestures, and gladness of countenance, and blandishments."
posted to MetaFilter by voltairemodern
at 8:23 AM on August 4, 2008
(27 comments)
Can you pass a Barack Obama's
final?
posted to MetaFilter by jourman2
at 5:27 PM on July 29, 2008
(93 comments)
Poolga:
iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers from a selection of designers and illustrators from around the world.
posted to MetaFilter by defenestration
at 8:35 PM on July 6, 2008
(26 comments)
There are hidden and secret bars in NYC (Manhattan) and there are
really secret. Some need phone numbers. I need your help.
posted to Ask Metafilter by filmgeek
at 10:54 AM on June 29, 2008
(16 comments)
I went to see my doctor yesterday for a running injury (IT band). He says that basically I'm fit but that I have the "flexibility of a two-by-four". He wants me to do a stretching regimen three times a day — more if possible. He showed me a couple of stretches, but I'd like to do more. Can you recommend any good individual stretches or stretching routines, especially for a novice runner (and especially for one having trouble with his IT band)? YouTube clips a HUGE plus. Yoga's fine, but there's now way in hell I can do the
pigeon pose (I have the flexibility of a two-by-four, remember?).
posted to Ask Metafilter by jdroth
at 8:24 AM on June 17, 2008
(18 comments)
Can I learn to create melodies?
posted to Ask Metafilter by grumblebee
at 8:33 AM on June 15, 2008
(38 comments)
Garth Marenghi
(
previously), horror writer, director, and actor. Star of the popular 80's series
Darkplace which chronicles the trials a hospital staff must endure when working on the gates of Hell, now available for your viewing pleasure. Or pain. Gripping. Terrifying. Bloody. With bits of sick. (See more episodes on
Google )
posted to MetaFilter by kindle
at 1:27 PM on July 28, 2007
(25 comments)
Contrary to what you probably think you know about hypnosis, it can be done very quickly and can be used to convince someone to do something they normally wouldn't--like, say,
giving away their wallet, phone, and keys to a stranger (English mentalist
Derren Brown). What's happening here is known as a
handshake induction, a technique pioneered by American psychiatrist
Milton Erickson. There are
other methods of rapid induction hypnosis. These methods, along with techniques of verbal suggestion, are used by practitioners of
Neuro-linguistic programming, a field which some have associated with Mr. Brown's performances, though
he denies it. I wonder, though, how he manages to get a cashier at a dog track
to pay out on a losing ticket?
posted to MetaFilter by flotson
at 8:31 PM on May 11, 2008
(84 comments)
How do you develop focus, drive, and personal discipline?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Saxon Kane
at 8:26 PM on May 11, 2008
(28 comments)
Among industrialized nations,
Japan has a pretty low rate of violent crime, a relatively high number of police, and a virtually non-existent acquittal rate. Yet, somehow
the Yakuza persists.
posted to MetaFilter by absalom
at 4:45 PM on May 12, 2008
(58 comments)
What are some of your absolute favourite online essays, articles and other pieces of non-fiction writing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by turgid dahlia
at 4:21 PM on May 1, 2008
(51 comments)
I have decided to spend my (non-hypothetical) vacation backpacking alone for the week, in the mid-atlantic or northeastern US. However, I am not sure where is best for me to do this, as I have a number of minor concerns and have not done extended backpack travel on a schedule like this -- at least not as a civilian.
Specific concerns follow, and overlap somewhat, so apologies for that.
posted to Ask Metafilter by John Kenneth Fisher
at 10:05 AM on April 3, 2008
(12 comments)
Not exactly renewing my faith in humanity.
Evidently even mentioning Maury Povitch on your website will result in receiving hundreds of comments from people who believe they are writing to Maury himself. The results are predictably unpredictable. (NOTE: Have a sense of irony and 20 minutes handy before clicking)
posted to MetaFilter by BrodieShadeTree
at 12:37 PM on May 20, 2004
(73 comments)
What are the most incredible, maybe slightly offbeat, places in New York City to hang out? Stunning rooftop bars, strange nighttime museums, secret gardens, bizarre burlesques, etc. and more all welcome. Alcohol availability a plus.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Malad
at 11:01 AM on April 10, 2008
(17 comments)
Can anyone identify the repeated clip of music in
this flash movie? Warning: this is more difficult than these things usually are. WARNING: STROBING LIGHTS, ALSO SORT OF OFFENSIVE TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY.
posted to Ask Metafilter by tehloki
at 2:11 AM on April 8, 2008
(9 comments)
How can I infuse bacon flavor into vodka? The product doesn't need to be vegan or kosher or anything special---just want to go into a kitchen and whip up some bacon-flavored vodka.
posted to Ask Metafilter by d. z. wang
at 8:54 PM on March 29, 2008
(22 comments)
What is the happiest and catchiest (mostly) unknown pop song you know?
posted to Ask Metafilter by humannaire
at 10:15 PM on March 27, 2008
(115 comments)
Did ever a saint baptize some penguins?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Ms. Saint
at 12:22 PM on November 20, 2007
(7 comments)
Are these people qualitatively different from us? "I would think yes," says Hare. "Do they form a discrete taxon or category? I would say probably -- the evidence is suggesting that.
Psychopaths. They form about 1% of the population. They enjoy the excitement of power. Some choice
bits from Hare's book. The obligatory
Bush link, but, hey, it's got the test sections and the sad truth is that we do have some psychopaths in positions of power, though probably not the Presidency. [Gosh this is getting long] It turns out there's a
biological basis for it. Here's the
DSM description and some
detailed analysis/description (gosh,
I identify with some of those traits!) And here's some AskMe
fodder, "Are You Involved With A Psychopath?" And because of that lust for power... well, it could well be
your boss.
posted to MetaFilter by five fresh fish
at 4:07 PM on May 28, 2007
(112 comments)
If humans communicate via symbols and can only understand something (i.e., give it some semiotic 'identity') by way of comparison to already-familiar things, how do we begin at all?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Yeomans
at 6:52 AM on March 28, 2006
(18 comments)
I Wanna Be The Guy
is an insanely addictive and sadistically difficult independently developed video game that takes you on a wacky romp through some truly brilliantly designed stages. Along the way you have to best gaming history's most perilous adversaries, like a Giant Radioactive Zangief.
posted to MetaFilter by aftermarketradio
at 11:24 AM on March 11, 2008
(20 comments)
Technological loopholes to religious law?
posted to Ask Metafilter by SBMike
at 9:20 AM on March 7, 2008
(24 comments)
Uncle Dirty
is a fascinating photo essay about a photographer's strange uncle who has lived 86 years obsessed with bodybuilding, penises, and thongs. Not safe for work, but not too crazy, the photos really humanize someone you'd probably cross the street to avoid in real life. (via
mjj/
blort)
posted to MetaFilter by mathowie
at 11:13 AM on March 8, 2008
(130 comments)
1 in 99.1 American adults are now incarcerated according to a new Pew Center
study (pdf). Some interesting numbers from a
NYT article on the report: 1 in 36 Hispanic adults are incarcerated, 1 in 15 blacks, 1 in 9 black men aged 20-34, 1 in 355 white women aged 35-39. Some context from the
World Prison Population List (pdf).
posted to MetaFilter by aerotive
at 10:56 AM on February 28, 2008
(136 comments)
I would like to read books by more MeFi writers. I have therefore made a list of who they are and their books.
posted to MetaTalk by paduasoy
at 5:03 AM on February 23, 2008
(102 comments)
If you were showing the MetaFilter Universe (including the main page, Ask, Talk, Projects, Music, everything) to someone for the first time, what threads would you choose as examples of MeFi at its best and at its worst?
posted to MetaTalk by amyms
at 12:10 AM on February 17, 2008
(60 comments)
French writer
Alain Robbe-Grillet, one of the most important literary stylists of the last 50 years, the acclaimed master of hyper-realism and the anti-novel, and member of the Académie Française, has devoted his latest novel to kiddie porn. [warning: first link contains excerpts of the novel which many may find truly disturbing.]
posted to MetaFilter by vronsky
at 10:57 AM on January 26, 2008
(135 comments)
